The director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention told “CBS This Morning” she hopes more stringent mask-wearing guidelines and other measures won’t be necessary as the country heads into the…
The Department of Veterans Affairs on Monday became the first major federal agency to require health care workers to get COVID-19 vaccines.…
WASHINGTON (AP) — The United States will keep existing COVID-19 travel restrictions on international travel in place for now because of concerns…
It says the rate of households homeschooling their children rose to 11% by September 2020, doubling from 5.4% six months…
(HOI) — State public health officials are reporting 7,983 new COVID-19 cases in the last week, as well as an additional 47 deaths related to the…
PONTIAC (WJBC) – Masks will be optional in Pontiac’s District 429 this school year. Superintendent Brian Dukes says the district’s board of…
Dr. Aaron Rossi said their lab has detected 64 cases of the delta variant from across the state with 18 of them coming from Central…
BLOOMINGTON (HOI) — The COVID-19 vaccination clinic at the Grossinger Motors Arena in Bloomington will be closing down next week. Spokesperson for…
PEORIA (HOI) — Local health departments and hospitals in the Tri-County area of Peoria, Tazewell and Woodford counties have released its COVID-19…
CINCINNATI, Ohio (AP) — President Joe Biden is expressing frustration over the slowing COVID-19 vaccination rate in the U.S. In a TV town hall in…
PEORIA (HOI) – The Catholic Diocese of Peoria announced Wednesday that parents and guardians will decide if their children should wear face masks or…
More cases of the highly transmissible Delta variant have now been detected in Central…
COVID-19 cases have tripled in the U.S. over two weeks amid an onslaught of vaccine misinformation.…
MCLEAN COUNTY (HOI) — McLean County public health officials on Wednesday are reporting the county’s COVID-19 seven-day rolling positivity rate is…
EAST PEORIA (HOI) — Olympic athletes and public officials are testing positive for COVID-19 even though they have been vaccinated. Yet, local…
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — Two state agencies overseeing higher education in Illinois are encouraging colleges and universities to require COVID-19…
The state surpassed two million total cases of the virus on Monday, July 19.…
TOKYO (AP) — The United States Olympic and Paralympic Committee says an alternate on the United States women’s gymnastic team has tested tested…
EAST PEORIA (HOI) — With some major US counties and cities bringing back indoor mandates for vaccinated and unvaccinated people, could the same…
SPRINGFIELD (HOI) — State public health officials are reporting 4,449 new COVID-19 cases and an additional 62 deaths related to the virus in the…
BERLIN (AP) — The head of the World Health Organization has acknowledged it was premature to rule out a potential link between the COVID-19…
(WREX) — Some of the frontline workers during the coronavirus pandemic want everyone to mask up again. The nurses union, National Nurses United,…
(AP) — COVID-19 deaths and cases are on the rise again globally in a dispiriting setback that is triggering another round of restrictions and…
HOI — Geordan Winters and his son love to burn off some energy at the park. They make the hour long trip from Warren County to Peoria twice a week…
